Lafayette County
Lafayette County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 55,813. Its county seat is Oxford. The local pronunciation of the name is "la-FAY-et." The county's name honors Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero and American general who fought during the American Revolutionary War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: county of Mississippi with 47,400 residents
- Description: county in Mississippi, United States
- Also known as: “La Fayette County”, “Lafayette”, “Lafayette County, Mississippi”, and “Lafayette County, MS”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lucius Q. C. Lamar House and Lyric Theater.
Lucius Q. C. Lamar House
Museum
Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar House is a historic house museum at 616 North 14th Street in Oxford, Mississippi. Its mission is "to interpret the life and career of the distinguished 19th-century statesman L.Q.C.
Lyric Theater
Theater building
The Lyric is a historical theater located in Oxford, Mississippi at 1006 Van Buren Avenue that hosts a wide variety of acts. Lyric Theater is situated 2 miles west of Lafayette County.
Rowan Oak
Historic building
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY 2.5.
Rowan Oak was the home of author William Faulkner in Oxford, Mississippi. It is a primitive Greek Revival house originally built in 1844 for Robert B Sheegog, an Irish immigrant farmer from Tennessee. Rowan Oak is situated 2½ miles west of Lafayette County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxford.
Oxford
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxford is a historic, picturesque town in North Central Mississippi. With its scenic town square, acclaimed restaurants, unique boutiques, oak-shaded neighborhoods, and friendly people, Oxford is the model Southern town.
Lafayette County
- Location: Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Lafayette County” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Lafayette County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة لافاييت”
- Armenian: “Լաֆայետ շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Lafayette”
- Basque: “Lafayette konderria”
- Bavarian: “Lafayette County, Mississippi”
- Bavarian: “Lafayette County”
- Belarusian: “Ляфает”
- Bishnupriya: “লাফায়েত কাউন্টি, মিসিসিপি”
- Bishnupriya: “লাফায়েত কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Лафайет”
- Catalan: “comtat de Lafayette”
- Cebuano: “Lafayette County”
- Chechen: “Лафайетт (гуо, Миссисипи)”
- Chechen: “Лафайетт”
- Chinese: “Lafayette Kūn”
- Chinese: “拉法叶县”
- Chinese: “拉法葉縣”
- Danish: “Lafayette County”
- Dutch: “Lafayette County”
- Esperanto: “kantono Lafayette”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Lafayette”
- Estonian: “Lafayette’i maakond”
- Finnish: “Lafayetten piirikunta”
- French: “comté de Lafayette”
- French: “Comté de Lafayette”
- Galician: “condado de Lafayette”
- Georgian: “ლაფაიეტის ოლქი”
- German: “Lafayette County”
- Gilaki: “لافایت ٚ شأرستان (ميسيسيپي)”
- Gilaki: “لافایت ٚ شأرستان”
- Greek: “κομητεία Λαφαγιέτ”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Λαφαγιέτ”
- Hungarian: “Lafayette megye”
- Irish: “Contae Lafayette”
- Italian: “contea di Lafayette”
- Italian: “Contea di Lafayette”
- Japanese: “ラファイエット郡”
- Korean: “라피엣군”
- Latin: “Lafayette Comitatus”
- Low German: “Lafayette County”
- Mazanderani: “لافایت شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Lafayette Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lafayette Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lafayette County i Mississippi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lafayette County”
- Norwegian: “Lafayette County”
- Persian: “شهرستان لافایت، میسیسیپی”
- Persian: “شهرستان لافایت”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Lafayette”
- Portuguese: “condado de Lafayette”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Lafayette”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Lafayette, Mississippi”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Lafayette”
- Russian: “Лафайетт”
- Russian: “Лафейетт”
- Sardinian: “contea de Lafayette”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lafayette County”
- Serbian: “Округ Лафејет”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lafayette County, Mississippi”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lafayette County”
- Spanish: “Condado de Lafayette, Misisipi”
- Spanish: “condado de Lafayette”
- Spanish: “Condado de Lafayette”
- Swedish: “Lafayette County, Mississippi”
- Swedish: “Lafayette County”
- Tatar: “Лафайетт (округ, Миссисипи)”
- Tatar: “Лафайетт”
- Turkish: “Lafayette County, Miss.”
- Turkish: “Lafayette County, Mississippi”
- Turkish: “Lafayette County, MS”
- Turkish: “Lafayette County”
- Turkish: “Lafayette ilçesi, Miss.”
- Turkish: “Lafayette ilçesi, Mississippi”
- Turkish: “Lafayette ilçesi, MS”
- Turkish: “Lafayette ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Лафаєтт”
- Urdu: “لافائیٹ کاؤنٹی، مسیسپی”
- Urdu: “لافائیٹ کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Lafayette”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Lafayette, Mississippi”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Lafayette”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lafayette, Mississippi”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lafayette”
- Welsh: “Lafayette County, Mississippi”
- Welsh: “Lafayette County”
- Western Panjabi: “لافائٹ کاؤنٹی،مسسسپی”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Brittany Woods and Rolling Woods.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tradewinds Shopping Center and Sand Hill.
Mississippi: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Jackson, Biloxi, Oxford, and Gulfport.
Curious Places to Discover
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